Newspaper receiver combined with mail box and supporting post



March 29, 1966 F|| [ON 3,243,104

NEWSPAPER RECEIVER COMBINED WITH MAIL BOX AND SUPPORTING POST Filed June 5, 1964 INVENTOR Raymond M. l-il/ian United States Patent ()fitice 3,2434

Patented Mar. 29, 1966 ing, provides support for the newspaper receiver 7 that 3 243 104 NEWSPAPER RECEIVER EzOMBINED WITH MAIL 1S segurelyd mounted on top of the aforesaid post 5 by BOX AND SUPPORTING rosr any em means- Raymond M. Fillion, 442 Miller St., Ludlow, Mass. The mews/Y 7 6011818, of a Smgle Place of Filed June 5, 1964, Ser. No. 372,884 5 sheet metal or its equivalent that 1s :formed to have the 1 Cl i ((1 232 .33) configuration of a trapezoid when viewed from the end by having the two sides 8 bent upward as illustrated in This invention relates to newspaper receivers, and more FIGURES 1 and 3 of the drawing. The uppermost edge particularly to newspaper receivers that are mounted on of each side 8 is vertically formed in order to contact the the same supporting post on which the rural type of mail vertical lower sides 9 of a typical rural mail box 10 to boxes are mounted in the suburbs and open country. which the aforesaid newspaper receiver is secured by When newspapers were first delivered out beyond the means of a pair of spaced bolts 11. The aforesaid newscity homes where they could easily be placed in doorways paper receiver 7 is shorter in length than the rural mail and the like, newsboys and mai-lmen left them in the mailbox 10, as one can see by looking at FIGURE 2 of the box. This worked as long as the newspapers were of only drawing. a few pages, but in this present day, where nearly every The newspaper receiver is firmly fixed on top of the issue of the paper contains a large number of pages, the aforesaid post 5 by having the horizontally disposed rural mailbox, as big as it is, is still far too small to flat bottom 12 suitably secured thereto. hold both a newspaper and mail, yet it is most desirable While I have illustrated and described a certain preto have a receiver for the newspaper that will keep the ferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be undersame in a good readable condition no matter what the stood that I do not thereby intend to limit my invenweather may be. tion to the specific form disclosed, but contemplate that It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention various modifications, substitutions, and alternative conto provide a newspaper receiver, combined with a mailstructions may be efiected without departing from the box and suporting post, that will be a separate safe and spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the apdry place for the newspaper to be placed, and supported pended claim.

by the same post that supports the mailbox. I claim:

Another object of this invention is to provide a news- An invention of the character described, comprising a paper receiver combined with a mail box and supportnewspaper receiver that is made from sheet metal having ing post that can be adapted to nearly any existing mail the configuration of a trapezoid when viewed from the box and post. end, the angularly disposed sides having their upper edge Another object of this invention is to provide a newsvertically formed and adapted to receive the lower porpaper receiver and mail box and supporting post having tion of a rural mail box therebet-ween, the said rural th newspaper receiver located directly under the mail mail box being secured to the said newspaper receiver bOX Which it pp thereby receiving m protection by a plurality of screws, and the horizontally disposed from the elements by using the mail box as a cover. fiat bottom of the said newspaper receiver being rectangu- Another object of this invention is to provide a newslar when viewed from the top and bottom, and said newspaper receiver combined with mail box and support post, paper receiver being shorter in length than the said rural the latter having specially designed anchor rods protruding mail box, and the said newspaper receiver having the unfrom the lower end thereof in a manner that will securederside of the said flat bottom Welded to the top of a ly hold the post when the newspaper is being shoved metal post which is centrally located in relation to the into its receiver. length of the said newspaper receiver, and the lower por- Still another object of this invention is to provide a tion of the said metal post having a plurality of anchor newspaper receiver combined with mail box and support rod-s projecting outward as a cantilever at right angle to ing post, that has the receiver formed out of one single the said metal post and in vertical, radial, and equal piece of sheet metal. spaced relation to each other, the said lower portion of Other objects, features, and advantages of the inventhe metal post with its anchor rods being in the ground tion will be readily apparent from the following detailed when the said invention is set up and ready for use. description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, gaken in conjunctilon with the accompanying one sheet of References Cit d by th E i rawings, in whic FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of this invention. UNITED STATES PATENTS FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view of this inven- 166,073 7/ 1375 D6 Barry et 23229 tion taken substantially along line 2-2 of FIGURE 1 808,764 1/1905 Larsh 232-39 X as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. 984502 2/1911 Williams 232-33 FIGURE 3 is a vertical sectional view of this inven- 1,012,423 12/1911 Orr tion taken substantially along line 33 of FIGURE 2 1,105,730 8/1914 Waugh 23239 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. 2,443,690 6/1948 Mitchell 232*17 Referring to the drawing in detail, a mail box support- 1 3/ 1963 Taylor 232-39 X ing post 5 having a plurality of anchor rods 6 projecting outwardly from the lower side thereof and at right angle FRANK SHERRY Pr'mary Examine"- thereto in the position shown in FIGURE 1 of the draw- R. B. FARLEY, Assistant Examiner. 

